94. Hand back If you hand something back to someone, you return it to them after you have
borrowed or taken it from them(give back)

95. Hand on If you hand something on to someone, you give it or leave it to them.(=pass on)

96. Hang around
if you hang around, about or round a place, you spend a lot of time there, often
doing very little.

97. Have on If you have on a piece of clothing, you are wearing it

98. Have out If you have out a tooth, your appendix and so on, a dentist or doctor removes
them from your body.

99. Hold back(1) If you hold back information, you do not reveal it.(=suppress)

100. Hold back(2)
If you hold a person or their career back, you prevent them from making progress.

101. Hold on
If you ask someone to hold on, you want them to wait for a short time(=hang on)

102. Holp up(1)
If something or someone holds up an activity or arrangement, they delay it or make it late.

103. Holp up(2) If someone holds you up, they point a weapon at you in
order to make you give them money or valuables.

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104. Join in
If you join in an activity with other people such as meeting, you become involved in what they are doing

105. Join up
If someone joins up, they become a member of the army, the navy or their air
force(=enlist)

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106. Keep at
If you keep at it, or keep someone at it, you continue or make them continue
working at a job or a task trying hard, even if it is very difficult or
unpleasant (=persevere, stick at, stick to)

107. Keep back If you keep some information back, you do not tell all that you know about
something (=withhold)

108. Keep in If a parent or a teacher keeps children in, they make them stay indoors or they
make them stay late at school.

109. Keep off
If you keep someone or something off a particular area, you prevent them
from going onto it. If you keep off an area, you do not go there yourself.

110. Keep on If you keep on doing something, you continue to do it and do not stop. (=carry
on)

111. Keep out If a sign says this, it is warning you not go onto that piece of land

112. Keep up
If you keep it up, you continue working hard, trying hard or achieving the
standard that you have in the past

113. Keep up(2) If you keep someone up, you delay them going to bed.

114. Keep up(3) If you keep up with someone else, you move at the same speed as them.

115. Kick off When football players kick off, they start the game by kicking the ball from the
centre of the pitch.

116. Kick out If you kick some one out of place or an organisation, you force them to leave it
(=throw out)

117. Knock down If a car or other vehicle knocks someone down, it hits them so that they fall to
the ground and may be injured or killed. (=knock over)

118. Knock out
If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated, so that
they take no more part in the competition(=eliminate)

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119. Let down
If someone or something lets you down, they fail to do something that you
have been relying on them to do .

120. Let outIf you let something out, you say something out, you say something that you
should have kept secret.

121. Look after If you look after someone or something, you take care of them and do what is
necessary for them to stay in good condition

122. Look back You think about something that happened in the past

123. Look down on
If you look down on someone or something, you think they are inferior or
unimportant. (=despise)

124. Look for If you’re looking for something, you are trying to find it.

125. Look forward to If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen
because you expect to enjoy it.

126. Look into If you look into a particular problem, subject o situation, you find out an
examine the facts relating to it.(=investigate)

127. Look on (1)
If you look on while something happens, you watch without taking part
yourself.

128. Look on(2)
If you look on or upon something in a particular way, you think of it in that
way.

129. Look out You say or shout “ look out” to warn someone that they are in danger(=watch out)

130. Look out for
If you look out for something that you want or expect, you pay attention to
things around you so that you notice it and can take action went occurs or is
there

131. Look over If you look something or someone over, you examine or inspect them in order to
get a general idea of what they are like.

132. Look through
If you look through a group of things or a place, such as a cupboard, box or
room, you examine all the things there, usually because you are trying to
find Something.(=go through)

133. Look up If you look up a piece of information in a book, or on a timetable or map, you
look there to find the information.

134. Look up to If you look up to someone, you respect and admire them.

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135. Make for If you make for a place, you move towards it, usually rather hurriedly. (=head
for)

136. Make of
If you ask a person that they make off someone or something you want to
know what their impression, understanding or opinion of them is.

137. Make off If you make off, you leave somewhere as quickly as possible, often in order to
escape.

138. Make out (1) If you can make something out you manage to see or hear it.

139. Make out(2) When you make out a form or cheque, you write on it all the necessary
information.(=write out)

140. Make out (3) If you make out that something is the case, you try to cause people to believe
it.

141. Make out(4) If you make out something that is difficult to understand, you manage to
understand it.

142. Make up(1) If you make up something such as a story, you invent it, sometimes in order to
deceive people.

143. Make up(2)
The people or things that make up something form that thing (= composed something)

144. Make up(3)
If you make up or If you make yourself up, you put substances such a
lipstick, powder and eye-shadow on your face.

145. Make up(4)
if two people make up with each other or make it up, they become friends
again after they have had a quarrel.

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146. Pick up(1)
If you are driving a vehicle and you pick someone or something up, you stop the
vehicle so that you can take them somewhere.

147. Pick up(2)
If you pick up a skin, habit or attitude, you learn it or start having it
without
making any effort.

148. Play back Rebobinar.

149. Play up If a group of children are playing up or are playing you up , they are being
naughty and are difficult to control.

150. Pull down Destroy a building or structure deliberately.

151. Put away If you put something away, you plays it tidily somewhere.

152. Put back (1) to put back an event , appointment or task means to postpone it happening or
being done until a later time.(=defer)

153. Put back(2) If you put something back somewhere, you plays it in the position it was in
before it was moved.

154. Put down When you put down words or numbers, you write or type them somewhere.

155. Put forward If you put forward an idea or proposal, you stay it or publish it so that people
can consider it and discuss it.(=set out)

156. Put off(1)
If you put off an event or appointment, you delay or postpone it.
If you put a person off, you delay saying them or doing what they want you to do
by telling them that you are too busy.

157. Put off(2)
if something or someone puts you off what you are doing, they cause you to
stop to concentrating by making a sudden noise o distracting you in some
other way.

158. Put off(3)
to put someone off doing something or having something means to cause
them to change their mind so that they no longer want to do it or have it.

159. Put on(1) When a person or group puts on a play, concert or other entertainment, they
organise it or perform it

160. Put on(2) if someone puts on weight, they become heavier. (=gain)

161. Put on(3) When you put on a piece of clothing, you place it over a part of your body and
wear it

162. Put on(4)
if someone is putting you on, they are teasing you by trying to make you
believe something that is not true.

163. Put out(1)
If you put out a light, you cause it to stop shining by pressing or turning a
switch (=switch off, turn off)

164. Put out(2)
If you put out something that is burning you cause it to stop
burning(=extinguish).

165. Put through
If you put through a phone call or the person making the call, you connect
them with the person they want to speak to.

166. Put up
If someone puts you up or if you put up somewhere, you stay with them or stay
there for one or more nights.

167. Put up with
If you put up with something or someone, you tolerate or accept them even
though you find it difficult or unpleasant.(=endure)

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168. Run into
If you run into someone, you meet them unexpectedly.(=run across, come
across)

169. Run out If you run out of something, you have no more of it left.

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170. See off
When you see someone off, you go with them to the station, airport or port
that they are leaving from and say goodbye to them there.

171. See through
If you see through a person or see through what they are doing, you realise
what they intention are, even though they are trying to hide them.

172. Send off
If a football player is sent off, the player is made to leave the field during a
game as a punishment for seriously breaking the rules.

173. Send up
If you send someone up, you imitate them in a way that makes them appear
foolish. (=take off)

174. Set off When you set off, you start a journey. (=set out)

175. Set up
If you set something up, you make the arrangements and preparations that are
necessary for it to start.

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176. Take after If you take after a member of your family, you resemble them in your appearance,
behaviour or character

177. Take away If you take one number or amount away from another, you subtract the first
from the second

178. Take back(1) If you take back something which you borrowed or bought, you return it to the
place or person that you got it from, for example because you have finished
using it or because it is damaged

179. Take back(2) If you take someone back after a quarrel or separation , you
agree to let them live with you or work with you again

180. Take back(3) If you say something takes your back, you mean that it reminds you of a period
in your past, and makes you think about it again.

181. Take down(1) If you take down something that is attached to a wall, post or other object, you
unfasten or disconnect it, and remove it (=put)

182. Take down(2) If you take down what someone is saying, you listen to them and write it down to
record it. (=get down)

183. Take in (1) If you take in something that you see, hear or read, you pay
attention to it and are able to understand it, remember it or evaluate it.

184. Take in (2) If you take in something such as a film, a museum or a place
while you are on holiday or travelling somewhere, you go to see it or visit it.

185. Take off (1) When an aeroplane or bird takes off, it leaves the ground and
starts flying

186. Take off (2)
If you take off your clothes or something that you are
wearing, you undress or
Remove it.

187. Take off (3) If you take off something such as an amount of money or a
mark, you subtract
It from a total

188. Take off (4) If you take someone off, you imitate their appearance or
behaviour, usually in
Order to make other people laugh (=mimic)

189. Take off (5)
If something such as a product or activity takes off, it
suddenly becomes very successful and popular.

190. Take on
If you take on a job, task or responsibility, you accept it and try
to do what is required.

191. Take on (2) If someone takes you on at a place of work, they employ you.

192. Take on (3)
If you take on a rival or opponent, especially one who is
bigger or more powerful than you, you fight or compete against them.

193. Take out (1)
If you take someone out, for example to a restaurant or film,
they go there with you, and you pay for everything.

194. Take out (2) To take something out means to remove it from the place where it was, often
because it is unwanted or damaged

195. Take over If you take over a job or responsibility, you start doing it or being
responsible for it after someone else has finished.

196. Take to If you take to someone or something you begin to like them

197. Take up (1)
If you take up an activity or job, you start doing it (=go in for)

198. Take up (2) If you take up an activity that was interrupted, you continue doing it from the
point where it had stopped. (=pick up)

199. Take up (3)
If something takes up a particular amount of time, space or effort, it uses that
amount (=occupy)

200. Take up (4)
If you take up an offer, challenge or opportunity, you accept it

201. Try on If you try on a piece of clothing, you put it on to see it fits you or if it
looks nice.

202. Turn back
If you turn back or are turned back When you are travelling somewhere, you
stop and return to the place you started from.

203. Turn down (1) If you turn down a person, their request or their offer, you refuse their
request or offer. (=reject)

204. Turn down (2)
When you turn down something, such as a radio or a heater, you adjust the
controls and reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced.

205. Turn off When you turn off a device, machine or appliance, you adjust the controls in
order to stop it working. (=switch off)

206. Turn on When you turn on a device, machine or appliance, you adjust the
controls so that it starts working. (=switch on)

207. Turn out If something turns out a particular way, it happens in that way (=work out)